US 12,356,130 B2
Microphone arrangement
Viktor Dobos, Kecskemét (HU); Péter Atilla Kardos, Budapest (HU); Zoltán Giang-Son Kleinheincz, Pilisborosjen (HU); and Péter Tamás Podlócz, Budapest (HU)
Assigned to Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed by Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/311,581.
Claims priority of application No. 22172679 (EP), filed on May 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370757 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/08 (2006.01); E05B 81/78 (2014.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/086 (2013.01) [H05K 1/181 (2013.01); E05B 81/78 (2013.01); E05B 85/107 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10083 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microphone arrangement comprising:
a retractable door handle that, when in a closed position, is retracted in a body work of a vehicle, and, when in an in-use position, protrudes from the body work of the vehicle;
a handle housing that, when the retractable door handle is in its closed position, is covered by the retractable door handle; and
at least one microphone, each of the at least one microphone comprising a microphone element arranged in a housing, the housing comprising a first opening in order to enable the respective microphone element to detect sound, the at least one microphone is mounted to the handle housing such that the first opening is completely covered by the retractable door handle when in the closed position, and the first opening is exposed to outside air such that sound may enter the first opening, when the retractable door handle is in its in-use position; and/or
the at least one microphone is mounted to the retractable door handle such that the first opening is completely covered by the body work when the retractable door handle is in the closed position, and the first opening is exposed to outside air such that sound may enter the first opening, when the retractable door handle is in the in-use position.